8:12 am today

Are microplastics behind a raft of unexplained cancers?

From Sunday Morning, 8:12 am today

We all know that microplastics are now ubiquitous in our environments, but we still don’t know their true impact on human health. A group of researchers recently published a major scientific review into how microplastic exposure can affect our digestive, reproductive, and respiratory systems. 

Dr Nicholas Chartres from The University of Sydney is the lead author and joins Jim to discuss the findings. 

Contamination. Troops of plastic and microplastics that reach the beaches carried by the winds and the tides. Canary Islands. (Photo by Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto / Biosphoto via AFP)

Photo: SERGIO HANQUET

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